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- The Old 'Freight Bill' Con: A Waterfront Warning
A traveler bound for the Klondike Gold Rush finds himself relieved of his cash by a 'friendly' stranger and a well-timed shakedown.
- The Night Port Townsend Refused a Boatload of Strikebreakers
Twenty-eight destitute men from a Nanaimo miners' strike were shipped to Port Townsend aboard the North Pacific. Sheriff Miller met them at the wharf and said they could not land.
- The Runaway Gravel Car That Nearly Killed a Switchman
A gravel car cut loose on Tacoma's steep Pacific Avenue grade, tearing down the street at sixty miles an hour until a switchman leapt onto the engine's pilot to stop it — and was gravely hurt.
- The Long Arm of the Law: Opium Smuggler Jack Ford Captured in Seattle
After months on the run, Jack Ford was arrested aboard the steamer Rosalie for smuggling opium, and will face charges in Tacoma.
- The Escape of the Spokane Horse
A horse weighing over 1,000 pounds somehow exits a moving train car through a small ventilation window.
- The Wharfside Standoff
A group of longshoremen confront laborers attempting to work for lower wages at the Spring Street wharf.
- The Expulsion of S. B. Breirly
A man attempted to land in Kingston, only to be met by a mob of fifty men who forced his departure.
- The Stowaways of the Laurada: A $50 Fine for a Trip North
Two men caught sneaking aboard a steamer bound for Alaska were forced to disembark in Bellingham, facing Canadian customs penalties and a hefty fine.
- The Barkentine Eureka Slips Port
In a display of industrial defiance, the captain of the Eureka clears Seattle harbor with a non-union crew, outmaneuvering local labor organizers.
- The Iron Horse Reaches Aberdeen
After much anticipation, the first regular passenger train pulls into the city, marking a new era of connectivity.
- The Six-Year Journey Home
A deer hound lost for half a decade miraculously swims back to his master at a Kelso shingle mill.
- A Family on a Float, a Dead Baby, and a Neighbor's Kindness
When the Gore family was found feverish and destitute aboard a float at the foot of Franklin Street, Olympia's charity could not save their youngest child—but it did not abandon them.
- The Murder on the Train: A Snohomish Mystery
An Indian man is found dead with his throat cut aboard a local train; suspicion falls on two men from Pratt Point.
- A Sunday Train Ride Saved the Family, but Not Their House
The Sammons home in north Newport burned to the ground while the family was already aboard a train for a day trip; insurance covered barely half the loss.
- Fire Aboard the Steamer Newport, Caught Before It Spread
A defective steam-pipe covering sparked a blaze at the Newport docks that damaged two staterooms and cost crew members their clothes, but the boat left on schedule.
- The Ghost Ship of Port Madison
A mysterious, unmanned scow drifts into the bay, sparking speculation about the missing crew.
- Seattle Sailors Defy Shipowners in 1887 Union Standoff
When the Coast Seamen's Union descended on the barkentine George Perkins to pull sailors from their posts, it sparked a tense confrontation that threatened to shut down local shipping.
- The High Price of Opium Smuggling
A ship's cook is arrested in Port Townsend after attempting to bribe an inspector to ignore a hidden cache of opium.
- The Whidbey Island Rancher Who Vanished Without a Trace
John G. Phinney has been missing for days from his ranch at Penn Cove. A search party aboard the steamer Idaho has not returned, and neighbors now fear he drowned — or met foul play.
- The Fugitive in the Mattress
A desperate man attempting to flee Seattle justice is apprehended by a persistent sheriff after being discovered hiding inside a pile of bedding aboard a steamship.
- Smallpox Aboard the David Hoadley—and a Health Officer’s Warning
A vessel bound for Port Gamble brought a smallpox case into Port Townsend harbor. Dr. Minor had the bark fumigated and the crew quarantined, then told the owners the captain’s recklessness would not be tolerated again.
- Dredge Machinery Maims Engineer
A dangerous industrial accident aboard the dredger Pacific highlights the lethal risks faced by workers in Tacoma’s early 20th-century maritime industry.
- The Unluckiest Farmer on the Swinomish Flats
Samuel Calhoun had already lost a fortune in grain. Then the steamer Dispatch capsized with another $1,000 of his crop aboard.
- Three Men Vanished Into Commencement Bay
A sailboat left a Tacoma boathouse with three unknown men aboard. Days later, searchers were still scanning the Sound.
- A Captain’s Final Journey
The commander of the steamer Chilcat passes away in a carriage just after returning from an arduous trip to Alaska.